Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,112, John Goodman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Goodman, John
R 4112
CONTENTS

I John Middleton a Clergyman residing in the City and County of New York and State of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Goodman that I believe him to be Sixty Nine Years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 29 May 1833 John Middleton John Barberie Clerk
I Henry Terwilliger residing in the City & County of New York and State of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Goodman that I have known him for twenty years that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 29 May 1833 Henry Terwilliger John Barberie, Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Mssrs & after putting the authorities produced by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states & that the Court further certifies that Jonathan Owens & Henry Terwilliger are residents of the said City & County of New York and are creditable persons and further that John Middleton who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the City & County of New York By the Court John Barberie, Clerk

I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of John Goodman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty ninth day of May 1833.
John Barberie

I Jonathan Owen residing in the City and County of New York and State of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Goodman and believe him to be Sixty Eight Years and Eleven Months old that I knew him throughout the whole of the War of The Revolution and knew that he served as stated in the foregoing affidavit of him the said John Goodman that I believe him to be a man of strict moral character and that it is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution. and I know the same to be true Sworn to this 15 th day of March 1833 on open Court Jonathan Owen John Barker Clerk
early discharged; that He returned home for about two Months. that He then Entered into the service in the New York Militia under Colonel Samuel Drake, & Captain Ebenezer Goyd. that he there continued in the service under the last named Officers for two Years and a half; that he participated every fourth night that he was engaged in a Skirmish with the Enemy at a place called Swamp Pond near Peekskill in the County of Westchester and State of New York. that he together with five others took a man by the name of Sylvanus Houston prisoner that there were nine of the Enemy engaged in steel in horses, and that the said Sylvanus Houston, was one of them and after he was taken Prisoner he was hung at Poughkeepsie that he was taken before Major Mc Dougal who ordered a collar and a to be put around his neck and a chain attached to it and to be taken before a Court Martial to West Point and he was left in charge of General Mc Dougal and that who he was then ordered on to Poughkeepsie and there hung

John Goodwin
23958
copy of my stock
copy of my stock of New York paper
John Goodwin

State of New York City and County of New York } ss.
On this Eleventh day of March one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three. Personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Marine Court now Sitting John Goodman a resident of the City and County of New York and State of New York aged Sixty eight Years and Eleven Months who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the Year 1764 on the 22 of April, that he enlisted near York Line the service of the United States in the Month of March 1777 under the following named Officers viz Captain Thomas Campbell Colonel Hughes and served as herein stated, that he continued in the Service under the above named Officers for Fifteen Months that he was regularly discharged; that He returned home for about five Months. that He then Entered into the service in the New York Militia under Colonel Samuel Drake, & Captain Ebenezer Boyd. that he there continued in the Service under the last named Officers for two Years and a half; that he patrolled every fourth night that he was engaged in a Skirmish with the Enemy at a place called Brump Ford near Peekskill in the County of Westchester and State of New York that he together with five others took a man by the name of Sylvanus Houston prisoner that there were nine of the Enemy engaged in steel ing Horses, and that the said Sylvanus Houston, was one of them and after he was taken Prisoner he was hung at Poughkeepsie that he was taken before Major Mc Dougal who ordered a collar and a to be put around his neck and a chain attached to it and to be taken before a Court Martial to West Point and he was left in charge of General Mc Dougal and that who he was then ordered on to Poughkeepsie and there hung

that after that he went into the Master General Department under Captain Mark Post and served three months and was a waiter to him Engaged in taking care of his horses and all the horses that came. that he waited on Major afterwards General Fish at the commencement of the war. that after the time last stated he served until the end of the war under Colonel Samuel Drake and served altogether five Years in the Service that at the time he entered the Service he was thirteen Years of Age. and when he left the same he was Eighteen Years of Age. & that his father was also of the war and engaged at the first battle on Long Island and that Jonathan Owens a resident of the City of New York. and who served under Colonel Hughes & Captain Samuel Drake is know- ing to the fact of such services. and that his certificate is herunto annexed
He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present and declares his Name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State and that I was sixty nine years of age last April.
John Goddman

23928
John Goodman State of New York
I
St, Hugo Hall New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May. 17 — 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Goodman  City and County of State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enl. 1777 1 3 " Priv Capt Campbell Col Hughes 68 years State of New York Traditional Evidence   Enl. 1778 2 6 " Priv part time water. Col Drake Capt Boyd { 1 Witness for his general service witness credible No Clergyman   Vd 1778 £2.0.10 7.1 5.9 2.13.3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the (e) _____ regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman , if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
P. O.
John Goodman
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

23958 New York Rev. C.
John Goodman
Rejected 4/1/2
See letter to
W. H. Wilder,
13 August 1833.
let to Hon C. C. Cambreling
April 29. 1834
let to Genl. Morton 4 Nov r 1835
" " same — June 5. 1836
To B. de la Pierre 17 Oct. 1839
Oct 7 June 1832

New York July 5 th 1839 Hon. James L. Edwards
Sir
Uncompromised are the papers of the widow of John Hartwick and those of the widow of John Southard all of which I hope you will find correct and satisfactory.
The widow of John Goodman has requested me to inform you that about two and a half years ago, her husband applied for a pension as being a soldier of the war of the Revolution, that he handed his papers for that purpose, to the late Major Gen l Jacob Morton of this city, that an answer was had thereto from Washington requiring him (Goodman) to obtain the certificate of some clergyman showing him to be a person of respectability. This he obtained and gave to Gen l Morton, soon after which he (Goodman) lost his life, and Gen l Morton died soon after also. The widow now wishes to be informed whether you received said last mentioned paper, and what steps she must now take to obtain the pension which as the widow, she is now entitled to.
Respectfully
B. de la Pierre

New York May 26 th 1836
Dr Sir,
I trust my motive, in a wish to serve those who once served their Country though in a humble sphere, will be an apology with you for again troubling you with the applications of Jacob Phillips and John Goodman relative to a Pension. They state to me that the papers now enclosed are more full than those which were formerly transmitted to you. — They tell apparently and straight story and under the sanction of an Oath: under the circumstances of the case also, it meets the requisition of Law "the best evidence which the nature of the case will afford" for the hand of time has swept from the earth their Commanders, and Companions in Arms who could have testified for them — Circumstances which they mention give credence to the story — I knew personally Col Hughes and Major Campbell and that they belonged to the Quarter Masters Department — they speak of carrying stores to the Artillery at Pluckamin — The Artillery were one

Stationed at Pluckamin — You must however be guided by the rules laid down to you for your government and to your decision they must submit — I would be obliged by as early a reply as your avocations will allow —
I am with great respect J. Morton.
Col d . Edwards.
Washington.

New York Oct 13. 1835
Sir
Two Revolutionary Soldiers named John Goodman & Jacob Phillips have applied to me begging me to procure information for them, whether their Papers on their application for a Pension have been rec d at your Office, and if they are satisfactory - Your reply will oblige me -
You will I trust excuse my so frequently troubling you on these subjects - but I feel that these little attentions to them are due to their age & their claims on their country -
I am very respectfully J. Morton
Lee Edwards
Washington

To the Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of the War Department and James I. Edwards Commis- sioner of the of pensions of the United States The Respectable Representation of John Goodman and Jacob Phillips old Revolutionary Soldiers expressing their Grievances to your Honors that some time last past they applied to S. Hall attorney of the City and County of New York to make out their papers and Declarations in order to obtain their pensions as United States Revolutionary Soldiers for their services rendered in the Revolutionary War and that the said Hall did make them out and sent them on to your Honors as was believed according to the act passed by Congress June the 7 th 1832 for pensions and that the papers were returned saying that John Goodman must get acknowledgment and that John Goodman did get acknowledgment and lawyer Hall said he had sent the papers on to your Honors again we wait along time before we heard any thing more believing we had every proof made out necessary according to your Honors instruc- tions and that we believed your Honors would not ask any thing more to you for us to do having our papers and statements before you. Lawyer Hall unfortunately has taken to drinking strong liquor and is almost bereaved of his senses we called on him believing that he had received from your Honors an answer to our request and meant that we should be paid for our services as well as other soldiers that showed with us who now receives their pay and are going with our families Bread to support and family or gratuitous whose affidavit is annexed to Goodman's Declaration was in the same Department who now gets his pay and many others but along time has elapsed since the War that most of my officers and brother soldiers are dead The Hall returned at last with taking up a very small piece of paper and holding close to his eye and said the statutory this Goodman was too young and was cashiered and killed

no more and flew in a passion and left us since that we got Lawyer Mr. B. Salomage to call on to know where the papers were and all the answers he gave was that they was at Washington then Lawyer Salomage advised us not to make out new papers but to write on to your honours requesting to know how the case is as I shall be not capable to answer us that you would send us your answers too as and gentleman as to me John Goodman I served out at the first of the war and went with my father when I was only fourteen years old and stayed in the service nearly three years and then I insisted to go to the end of the war as stated in my declaration and last winter a number of Gentlemen of this city called a meeting in order to raise money to assist the old Revolutionary soldiers and widows and we were called before them and examined upon oath as to our services and we gave such satisfaction to them with Jonathan's own affidavit as to actual service that he said own was out the same night that Doctor Brown was killed and saw the flash of our guns and that I fired Phillips lay at and near west point Heavy at a minutes warning at the time a small force tried which I forgot to have placed in my declaration and that we both served faithfully many times we could not recall the fortitude so long ago and so all men was the Gentlemen that met and collected money for Revolutionary soldiers was General Morton Richard Ruther the Recorder Major Asaph Whipple Salomage Esq. and many other Respectable Citizens who allowed us to share in the pension money that was made up as we satisfied them that had served faithfully and trust and believe your Honours will grant our pensions and let us know as soon as you can.

and much oblige poor men who has nothing but the Saw and Buck to depend on Dated 4 october 1835
John Goodman
We the undersubscribers having Strickly Examined the above named John Goodman and Jacob Phillips upon their oath as to their serving as Revolutionary Soldiers with the oath of Jonathan Owen a revolution pensioner now and was in the service himself and knew them both and that they was allowed to share in the money so made up and believe them deserving their pay for their service and so recommend them as due to your Honours october 6 th 1835
I certify that the above named John Goodman & Jacob Phillips were allowed to partake of the contribution of the citizens of N York for the relief of the soldiers of the Revolution
Oct r 13. 1835
J. H. Orton Chairman of the distributing Committee

John Goodman —

To the Honorable J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions at the War Department Washington on this nineteenth day of may one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty Six Personally appeared in the Marine Court of the City and County of New York in open Court now sitting John Goodman now president of the said City and County as a lawyer by occupation and after being duly sworn by said Court Doth make the following Declaration as a revolutionary Soldier in the Revolutionary War in order to obtain a pension and pay for his services rendered rendered to the united States as a soldier according to the act of Congress Passed the Seventh day of June in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two granting Pensions and pay to Revolutionary Soldiers Questions by the Court.
How old are you.
Answers Seventy the years old the twenty Second day of April ensuing -
Where was you born
an Staten Island State of New York
Have you a record of your age
my father had a family Record I dont where it is How did you enter in the service were you enlisted Volunteered or drafted or a substitute and if a substitute for who was you a substitute my father was enlisted and I being the only son I would enlist also
How old were you when you when you enlisted
I was in my fourteenth year.
Where did you live when you enlisted
I lived in Dutchess County State of New York
How long did you enlist for
I enlisted for one year and was kept fifteen months.

under Colonel Huges and Major Gampble the under officers I dont recollect then stationed at the Continental Village to - County to Guard the Stores that was there and to drive a continental team which was attached to the Corps of Continental Teamsters Waggon marked and branded with S. To go out to go out to different Places to bring in Provisions from Danberry and other places to the Continental Stores at the Village for the use and to supply the Continental army with by orders of Colonel Huges and major Gampble who had the Command there and all under the Command of General Washington drew when on duty out arms ammunition and Clo- thing and pay Eight Dollars a month the Contin- ental money and what was it from the Continental Store at the Village the same as the Continental Soldiers and kepted Guard of the arm two Thousand Stand of arms Cannon Balls and Bom- -Shells that was deposited there to watch and on duty Every fourth night and slept in the Barn on Straw when I served out the fifteen months I got an Honourable Discharge and Left it with my mother and I dont know what has become of it my father and mother are both dead then then I was persuaded by Colonel Huges and Major Gampble to enlist again for Nine months I did enlist under the same officers for Nine months and depart- -ment and duty and one night on duty and guard a party of Tarys came out to burn the Village and Stores having abundance of fire in their hands and one of the guard fired on them and they dispersed I served the nine months out and got an Honourable Discharge I left it my mother as the I did the other one I dont know what became of it then I was home about

about two Weeks and Captain Mark Post had the Command of the Continental Village persuaded to enlist for Six Months and the same officers as I did before in the year one thousand seven Hundred and seventy nine same time in April 6 I served out the six months and got an honorable Discharge and Left it with my mother I went Home and in about two weeks I was placed on the Militia Roll and I went to Colonel Samuel Brake whose Regiment was placed on the Lines and frontiers to guard against against the British troops Barring over the Lines to kill plunder and destroy the Americans and one night when on guard and duty we attacked a party of Skinners and Torys that had come over the lines and had Stole nine Horses one horse we killed one wounded four we took and three they Escaped with we made the alarm to Colonel Samuel Brake and he ordered us to pursue them and next morning we found one of the greatest Williams there was in the Revolutionary war by the Name of Lewis we took him and tied him and took him to Colonel Samuel Brake who had the Command and Major Stephen M c Laughlin was with Colonel Brake at that time and they ordered us to him to a black Smiths Shop and get an Iron collar put Round his neck and Lead him to West Point and Deliver him to General M c Laughlin who had the Command there it being the third time Lewis had been taken prisoner and General M c Laughlin Sent him on to Poughkeepsie and he was tried by the Judge advocate John Strong condemned and Hanged I Returned with my Brother Soldiers to General M c Laughlin at West Point and General M c Laughlin wrote a letter to Colonel Brake thanking him for his Delivering Lewis to him and some time in the same year one thousand seven hundred and eighty

I was ordered out again by the order of Colonel Samuel Drake on the Lines and frontiers Colonel Drake's Regiment was stationed by the order of General Washington on the lines and frontiers and I was in Captain Jonathan Knapp's Company to keep guard from place to place to discover what we could of the movement of the British and Tories and to give infor- -mation to Colonel S. Drake we incamped at a place called the Newbridge below Croton River Weschester County we lay there about three weeks and Returned home this term of service was three weeks I Returned I went home not discovering any thing in particular and then I was ordered out again by Colonel Samuel Drake under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Mack on the lines and front- -iers to guard and watch the movement of the British Troops and Tories and marched down to Sing Sing Weschester County and so down to Dobbs Ferry near where the British Troops lay and at a place called Sparta we met thirteen of Delancey's Shore of Tories coming out from Morrissey we attacked them we killed three and left them for the Tories to bury and then we marched near to the white plains where the pickett guard of the Americans was cut off and then we returned to the newbridge and so on to Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment and gave him information of what took place this service was in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one
Then I was ordered out by Colonel Samuel Drake to go in a whale boat with other soldiers under the command of Lieutenant John M c Brady to go down the North River to see if the River was clear of any British ships as General Washington was crossing his army and artillery over to Stony Point we went ashore at Sing Sing at night and the

next Morning we discovered a party we believed to be a part of Hethans Shore from Morristown of Light horse and torys coming out to kill and plunder the Americans and they was coming towards us two of them I knew and one of our men would not let me fire at them although I had a good chance to of killed one of them he was afraid it would make an alarm and they might come upon us and us all as he thought it might might be we could not get our boat off the water being low one of them came up the Road dressed in Red clothes I took him when I was alone and took him to Kings Ferry to the Blockhouse and gave him over to the commanding officer his name was John Brown and he said he did not wish to stay with the Lower party any longer he was willing to swear he would serve this country faithful then the Hampshire Troops came on we joined Burt a part of it they followed us out but we had no chance at them we was then with the Command of Scott and then I was on guard and duty until the war ended at different places
Sworn the 19th day of May 1836
John Pediman
Hammond Justice of Mun Court

Personally appeared on this day  19th day of May one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six in the Marine Court of the City and County of New York in open Court now sitting Jonathan Owen a revolutionary soldier and now draws a pension and after being duly sworn by said Court doth Depose and say upon his oath that this Deponent is well acquainted with John Goodman named in the annexed Declaration Sawyer by occupation and this deponent has known said John Goodman in the Revolution- ary war and deponent knows said Goodman was an enlisted soldier under Colonel Huger and major Campbell at the Continental Village situated in Dutchess County State of New York and said Goodman served faithfully under the same officers Department with Deponent and Duty and Deponent has heard the annexed Declaration read and believes said Goodman's statement of his services there in mentioned to be true and said Goodman is a man of truth and to be believed upon his oath and Deponent further saith not Sworn the 19 May Jonathan Owen 1836 before me J. Hammond Justice Marine Court
Personally appeared Richard Carman of the City of New York account and being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with John Goodman and Jonathan Owen within named and knows them personally to be the persons they are represented to be as given and that he verily believes their statements to be true Sworn the 19 May 1836 before me Richard Carman J. Hammond

City and County of New York and State of New York.
Personally appeared in the Marine Court of the City and County of New- York in open Court now sitting on this twenty day of May 1836 Richard C. ... a resident of the said City and County and an accountant and after being duly sworn by said Court doth Depose and say that Deponent is Well acquainted with John Goodman as a lawyer by occupation and a resident of the City and County of New York and Depon- -ant has been acquainted with John Goodman named in the annexed Declaration for a number of years last past and Deponent has heard read the annexed Declaration of John Goodman as a revolutionary soldier and believes that said Goodman is of the age and his statement as to the officers and services therein stated to be true and Deponent personally knew Colonel Samuel Drake and Captain John Boyd and that Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment was placed on the lines and frontiers in the Revolutionary war and Deponent believes the said Goodman to be a man of truth and to be believed upon his oath and further saith not
Given 23 rd day of May 1836 in open Court Richard C. ... John ... for the ... Bureau 2
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits were sworn to in open Court, before Judah Hammond & John B. Scott esquires & clerks of the said Court
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty third day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six John Barberie